All materials, including ABS, HIPS, PLA, PET/T/G/+, Nylon and PE should be dried prior to 3D Printing.

Drying your material will reduce the amount of plastic particles (UFP) that accumulate around your nozzle and extruder.It will also increase the shiny features on the surface of printed parts.We suggest the following:A 5 gallon bucket as shown configured as a dehydrator.This design is now used in our labs and will drop the internal humidity to 10% in 6 hours and completely dry 2 each spools overnight. The internal temperature with a 40 watt bulb will climb to about 110F. The trouble-light is capable of 150 watt bulbs. As all trouble lights operate at 120 Volts AC, please follow all guidelines and warnings.We also add a light timer so as to eventually run these 2 hrs "ON" and 6 hrs "OFF" for long periods. NOTE: This design is very specific as to where each part resides. Heat at the bottom and spools above. Holes are added such that the bucket will not contain water. Air is drawn in at the bottom then heated and allowed to pass over the spools thus reducing water in the spools. Adding a handful of desiccant pouched at the bottom will accelerate the process by 2X. Also, if ambient RH exceeds 60% this unit becomes less and less effective on it's own without any desiccant pouches.